According to a report published by the United Nations, the world is increasingly threatened by "climate apartheid". A world where the rich pay to escape the heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of humanity suffers. In a
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Social capital consists of the ties, networks, norms and trust between individuals. Most of them are built through civic engagement independent of the state, and are eventually institutionalized. Faced with the inequalities inherent in capitalism, this essential element of a well-functioning democracy - which is itself fundamentally based on
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The 2015 Nobel Prize winner in economics, the Scotsman Angus Deaton, is not going to beat about the bush: "mismanaged" globalization exasperates people, increases inequality and fuels the discourse of politicians like Donald Trump. The Trump phenomenon and Brexit "are the result of mismanaged globalization".
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Emissions from CO₂: How to finance adaptation equitably? This study analyses the evolution of inequalities in CO2e (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) emissions between individuals worldwide from 1998 to 2013. We use these results to construct and examine different strategies for financing an
PlusEmissions from CO₂: How to finance adaptation equitably? This study analyses the evolution of inequalities in CO2e (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) emissions between individuals worldwide from 1998 to 2013. We use these results to construct and examine different strategies for financing an
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